enfeeble Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make weak
    debilitate; drain.
    • Life in the camp drained him

WordNet

En*fee"ble transitive verb
Etymology
OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L. in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See Feeble.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Enfeebled ; present participle & verbal noun Enfeebling
Definitions
  1. To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
    Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil. Prescott.
    Syn. -- To weaken; debilitate; enervate.

Webster 1913